Bill > SF4107

This bill establishes a mental health unit pilot program at the Minnesota Correctional Facility - Oak Park Heights to provide mental health care to individuals with serious and persistent mental illness who are incarcerated in county jails. The program requires participating counties to pay a per diem for reimbursement of the Mental Health Unit and other costs incurred by the Department of Corrections. The program is limited to a total of five incarcerated individuals from participating counties at any one time, and incarcerated individuals must volunteer to be treated in the unit and be able to participate in programming. The program will be overseen by the warden, director of psychology, and associate director of behavioral health, in consultation with the Minnesota Sheriffs' Association, the Minnesota branch of the National Association on Mental Illness, and the Department of Human Services. The warden will submit a report on the program by November 15, 2023, and the pilot program will expire on November 16, 2023.